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Florida Albertsons throws book at jelly bean thief
By Karyn Chenoweth Oct 26, 2007, 3:14 GMT
The Fort Walton Beach Florida Daily News is reporting that man was charged with petty theft after being caught on a surveillance camera taking jelly beans out of a bin and eating them before he got to the cash register.
The 34-year-old Fort Walton Beach man was buying groceries at Albertson’s grocery store when he stopped at a bin of candy and put an unspecified number of jelly beans in his mouth, according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office report.
The Daily News reports that the deputy, who was working an off-duty detail, confronted the suspect after he had paid for the rest of his groceries and asked him if the candy was good.
“Yes,” the suspect replied, according to the report.
The deputy told a manager that the suspect had taken about 10 of the “raspberry-flavored” candies. The man denied taking more than two. He added that he’d been shopping at Albertson’s for 30 years and that he was just trying the candy to see if he wanted to buy it.
The deputy “advised him that Albertson’s did not have free samples of candy and he should have known that if he had been shopping at Albertson’s for 30 years.”
The man didn't buy any of the candy, according to the Daily News.
The store manager on duty told the deputy that he wanted charges brought against the suspect, who was also issued a trespass warning.
The jelly beans were priced at $6.99 a pound. The deputy estimated that the 10 jellybeans would have had a value of about $2.
A store manager contacted Thursday confirmed to the Fort Walton Daily News that the store has a “zero tolerance” policy against shoplifting.
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and then go to his home and arrest his family and give them death also.
Has anyone watched the people going past the sunnyway bins ?
ZERO Tolerance for humanity too!
I totally do that when I am getting bulk candy in my store-I try a few on the sly, especially malted milk balls..
wow
never shopping in Albertsons that is fo' sho
veto albertsons
That was a horrible abuse of power from that cop. I hope the judge sees this, and asks the store to weigh 2 jellybeans, and have the man pay them for those 2 pieces of candy. That'll teach Albertsons to be so petty. And as for the cop, I think he should be put on the front page of the local newspaper with the headline 'Local hero nabs felony thief', and then go on to describe how he apprehended the heinous criminal who dared to taste 2 jellybeans. How did this guy get a badge?
p.s. To the 'boycott albertsons' poster-the albertsons here in my town is awful, dirty, and poorly stocked. I'm already boycotting them. :)
These are the same folks, who about a week ago, were ripped off for about 10 million dollars in a fradulent vendor payment scheme, maybe there just trying to make up for their loss, let' give them a break.
one jelly bean at a time
I am actually more suprised at all those who comment negatively on the subject without knowing the whole story. The ignorance of these folks surpasses, that of the thief, store, and security guard.
I work there and have sampled the candy before.
If the candy is 6.99 a lb? How would 10 jellybeans be worth two dollars? I think that cop needs to recheck his math. They must be some big jellybeans!!!
Mmmm another lie... The Man said he he had been shopping at Alberton's for 30 years - He's from this area and this Albertson's ( the only one for 40 miles was built about 18 years ago!!!!! I happen to live 2 blocks from this particular Albertson's and watched it being built. My next door neighbor is a manager there. The real story is not what has been reported in the news paper or over the internet. It got blown out of proportion. He did steal, and he did steal far more than 2 jelly beans. From what I was told, he also tried to lie his way out of it. Had he just fessed up and apologized and paid for the candy he probably would have been told to leave and not come back. This store has been trying to crack down on theft and this guy was caught. He is not the hero here. The theft adds up and the store (all stores) pass the losses onto the other customers. Don't fault Albertson's or any other store.
Albertsons is very over priced on candy anyway. $6.99 a # for stale jelly beans is stealing. But never the less they should lock this criminal up for many years. Although, I just went to albertsons and stole ten jelly beans and weighed them. They only weighed less than one ounce. That's as low as the scale would weigh. That equals less than 43 cents. By the way I went back and put 43 cents in the box above the bin. I would fine him $1 and cut off both of his hands. Would that be fair ?
I make a practice out of not pilfering items when shopping. I still won't ever go to Albertsons ever again.
You are all sad little people. With everything going on today you are going to let this little man and his jelly beans interfere with your lives this much. Yeah....that's smart. Oh by the way to clear things up for all of you who feel sorry for the thief, he was given the oppurtunity to pay, as are all shoplifters at the store, he refused, and therefore the police did their job. Oh and to the local moron, who decided to comment that the jelly bean cop is the reason we have so many illegals, first have some friggin respect, and throw a dash of knowledge in with it. This particular cop has a side job, working security at the store, he isn't responsible for weeding out the 'illegals'. If you are so concerned about them, put on the uniform and go to work.....oh wait, you'd rather let someone else do that, then complain when they don't do it your way. Wake up people, the man was a thief, the cop did his job, and well that is it.
oh i forgot, Isn't saying
I'll never shop at Albertsons again kinda like when you were five and told another five year old, he couldn't come to your birhtday? Yeah...you showed them
Good Lord, get a life! Albertons' may have gone overboard with an arrest, but stealing is stealing. Why tolerate it? In the long run it's we the consumer who has to pay for the theft. Companies just don't absorb the losses and say 'Oh well!'. Someone has to pay, and I'm sorry to say it will be you and me. Besides, I'm sure Albertson's had to throw away the candy if he scooped it up with his bare hands, its not like jelly beans are individually wrapped. That freaks me out more than anything. Where have those hands been? Think on that one.
This crime fighting cop probably free doughnuts for working there.
I bet the headline in the paper read, Jelly Bean thief snagged by overweight cop.
Have they recovered the evidence yet?
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saraOct 26th, 2007 - 12:27:15
for that crime he should get death.
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